Authorities have released the names of passengers on board a small aircraft that crashed into a Tennessee lake Saturday morning, believing all are presumed dead, including a Christian diet guru Gwen Shambin Lara.
7 Deceased In Tragic Airplane Crash May 29, 2021 at 02:03 pm by WGNS
(SMYRNA, TN) At 10:53AM Saturday morning, a 1982 CESSNA 501 departed Smyrna Airport heading toward Palm Beach International Airport in Florida. Shortly after take-off, the small jet crashed into Percy Priest Lake.
Seven persons were on board and all family members have been notified. William J. Lara, Gwen S. Lara, Jennifer J. Martin, David L. Martin, Jessica Walters, Jonathan Walters, and Brandon Hannah all of Brentwood. They were all leaders in the Remnant Fellowship Church, 1230 Franklin Road in Brentwood.
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In the Saturday night press conference, the FAA changed their mission from a RESCUE to a RECOVERY mission.
(SMYRNA, TN) Here's more on the Cessna C501 that crashed into Percy Priest Lake around 11:00 o'clock Saturday (5/29/2021) morning.
Rutherford County Fire Rescue Chief Larry Farley told NewsRadio WGNS . . .
Boaters on the lake report that the small jet from Smyrna crashed into the water near the Fate Sanders Marina and Lamar Hill Boat Ramp.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are in charge of the investigation.
Local agencies inv .